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By Pam Stephan, About.com Guide to Breast Cancer

Coffee May Help Fight Breast Cancer

Saturday September 2, 2006

coffee cup Your morning cup of coffee may do more than wake you up! It contains phytoestrogens that, if consumed daily, may help lower the risk of developing breast cancer in women that have the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, markers for higher risk groups. Read about the study done by Dr. Steven A. Narod, at the University of Toronto, Ontario.

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